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/Light/ 50%
/Nature of light/ 25%
/Waves/ 0%
/Evidence for wave properties of light/ 0%
/Evidence for light as a stream of particles/ 0%
/Features of a wave/ 0%
/Propagation of light/ 0%
/Fermat's Principle/ 25%
/Refraction/ 25%
/Total internal reflection/ 25%
/Fibre optics/ 25%
/Images/ 25%
Images 0%
Real images 0%
Virtual images 0%
Curved mirrors 0%
The mirror equation 0%
/Lenses/ 0%
Introduction 0%
Refraction at a spherical interface 0%
A lens 0%
Locating the image 0%
The lensmaker’s equation 0%
Converging and diverging lenses 0%
Optical instruments using lenses 0%
Single-lens systems 0%
A magnifying glass 0%
Compound optical systems 0%
The refracting telescope 0%
Interference and diffraction 0%
Wave phenomena 0%
/Huygens’ Principle/ 0%
Introduction 0%
Interference 0%
Diffraction 0%
Summary of formulas in this chapter 0%
Small angle approximation 0%
Small angle approximation 0%
Derivations for the Module 7 exam 0%
Derivations for the Module 7 exam 0%
X-ray optics 0%
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External Resources
Diffractive optics papers and patents.
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Gradient-index optics reviews, theory and ideas
Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
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